95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0641

 

Introduced 2/6/2007, by Rep. Rich Brauer

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1110/6   from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4106
30 ILCS 330/7   from Ch. 127, par. 657

    Amends the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to use certain funds for grants to the owner of a municipal generating station located in Sangamon County, Illinois and having at least 2 coal-fired generating units with accredited summer capacity greater than 100 megawatts each (now, the grants are to be awarded to the owner of a generating station located in Illinois and having at least 3 coal-fired generating units with accredited summer capacity greater than 500 megawatts each) (i) for the purposes specified in the Act and (ii) for payment of the owner's costs for designing, acquiring, constructing, installing, and testing facilities to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions at one newly developed generating unit to allow that unit to meet the requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act while continuing to use coal mined in Illinois as its source of fuel. Amends the General Obligation Bond Act to make corresponding changes. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond
5 Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 1110/6)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 4106)
7     Sec. 6. Expenditure of funds. The Department of Commerce
8 and Economic Opportunity is authorized to use $120,000,000 for
9 the purposes specified in this Act. These funds shall be
10 expended only for a grant to the owner of a municipal
11 generating station located in Sangamon County, Illinois and
12 having at least 2 three coal-fired generating units with
13 accredited summer capacity greater than 100 500 megawatts each
14 at such generating station as specifically authorized by this
15 paragraph. Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this
16 Act, in considering the approval of projects to be funded under
17 this Act, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
18 shall give special consideration to projects which are designed
19 to remove sulfur and other pollutants in the preparation and
20 utilization of coal, and in the use and operation of electric
21 utility generating plants and industrial facilities which
22 utilize Illinois coal as their primary source of fuel. The
23 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of

 

 

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1 Commerce and Economic Opportunity) is directed to enter into a
2 contract with the owner of a municipal generating station
3 located in Sangamon County, Illinois and having at least 2
4 three coal-fired generating units with accredited summer
5 capability greater than 100 500 megawatts each at such
6 generating station for a grant of $35,000,000 to be made by the
7 State of Illinois to such owner to be used to pay costs of
8 designing, acquiring, constructing, installing and testing
9 facilities to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions at one newly
10 developed such generating unit to allow that unit to meet the
11 requirements of the Federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
12 (P.L. 101-549) while continuing to use coal mined in Illinois
13 as its source of fuel.
14 (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
15     Section 10. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended by
16 changing Section 7 as follows:
 
17     (30 ILCS 330/7)  (from Ch. 127, par. 657)
18     Sec. 7. Coal and Energy Development. The amount of
19 $663,200,000 is authorized to be used by the Department of
20 Commerce and Economic Opportunity (formerly Department of
21 Commerce and Community Affairs) for coal and energy development
22 purposes, pursuant to Sections 2, 3 and 3.1 of the Illinois
23 Coal and Energy Development Bond Act, for the purposes
24 specified in Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal

 

 

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1 Development Act, and for the purposes specified in Section
2 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
3 Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Of this
4 amount:
5     (a) $115,000,000 is for the specific purposes of
6 acquisition, development, construction, reconstruction,
7 improvement, financing, architectural and technical planning
8 and installation of capital facilities consisting of
9 buildings, structures, durable equipment, and land for the
10 purpose of capital development of coal resources within the
11 State and for the purposes specified in Section 8.1 of the
12 Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act;
13     (b) $35,000,000 is for the purposes specified in Section
14 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act and
15 making a grant to the owner of a municipal generating station
16 located in Sangamon County, Illinois and having at least 2
17 three coal-fired generating units with accredited summer
18 capability greater than 100 500 megawatts each at a newly
19 developed such generating station as provided in Section 6 of
20 that Bond Act;
21     (c) $13,200,000 is for research, development and
22 demonstration of forms of energy other than that derived from
23 coal, either on or off State property; and
24     (d) $500,000,000 is for the purpose of providing financial
25 assistance to new electric generating facilities as provided in
26 Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and Economic

 

 

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1 Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
2 (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.